Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-08-09
TELECRAPHlC SUMMARY
An Epitsns d The Principal Evssb \.
Attracting Public Interest

Ernest Kammy fatally shot ii. q.
and himself at philadelphia. - we
r.. b. Clathem shot and k;llea
Harkins, Jr., ut Lexington, Miss ?
General Richard Rowe,t ,lros.
dead at Washington Park, Chicayppp KY \
Alexander Gsssnlan, Of San H..
cisco, committed suicide in New y ,s,
John Dallof was shot dead A. T -
Col, by man named Dyer, who ss, Ans
ward committed suicide. a''s''
Joseph c. Kennedy, well xmas.
attorney, was assassinated by Iohn
Daily, "a laborer, in Washington. '0'p
1t is reported at Detroit tha, q.
steamer Ariel ran down boat ~ ~
tanning five persons, all Of whom w ~.
drowned, ~ /
Morgan, the New York bicycl;ss H..
broken the worlds record for a ons. aas
Of mile, having made the distanes
in 334 seconds.
Peter Burkhardt, aged 70, a wealth.
farmer near Petersburg, Indiana. ~
ing become jealous OF his young vi.
deliberately shot her dead in the nrs.
ence of their four-year-old bov .ra
then killed himself. ~
! At Trenton, N. j., DR.. Carver hroL, 4.
his previous record Of breaking l0M
glass balls in 454 minutes. He accom-
plished the feat in All minutes. and
only missed twenty-four out Of on
He used repeating rifle, two mn
loading besides himself.
The St. Anthony elevator, tri,l,
structure, the largest in the Northwest,
located near Minneapolis, was totally
destroyed by fire, together with M
contents, 100000 bushels OF wheat
Loss on building and machinery Win
be $3.50, 600; on grain, 1926, 600; IN.
surance, unknown. The wheat de.
stroyed was one-tenth the visible sun.
ply of the Northwest outside Of d..
luth.
i At Montrose, Col, Mrs. C. A. Heath
went to a neighbours on an errand
leaving three small boys alone in the
house. Shortly afterwards one Of the
boys went to his mother and told her
they had built a fire, and for her 10
come home and get supper for papa.
The mother, mistrusting something
was wrong, hurried home and found
the building in flames, and her two
sons burned to crisp.
The Indian Commissioner at Wash.
ington has received IA telegram from
the agent at the Spokane reservation
) saying that the sheep men were driv.
ing their flocks across the reservation
in large numbers, TO the injury Of the
Indians. He asked for troops to drive
them off. The Commissioner therefore
addressed letter to the Secretary Of
the Interior, asking that troops be sent
! to Spokane agency as early as possible
: to aid the agent.
, At Clinton, Iowa, four people were
shot during "Wild West perform
q ance Of Sells Bros. circus. George
. Harrington, aged II, was shot in thu
q forehead and will die. Mrs. W., A
q Lambertson was shot in the left breasl
just above the heart, dangerously
Wallace Phillips, aged 16, was shot o.
top OF the head. He is not very seri
i ously wounded. One OF the indians
+ was shot. How badly he is hurt is no
v known. He Was Immediately takeI
:. away. No cause is given for usinl
a bullets, except that the cowboys go
!. the wrong revolvers. twas done dur
/ ing the encounter of cowboys and In
N dams in the ring.
i. About year ago railroad telegraph
ers formed an organization of thei
b, own, and since thrt time the order ha
- grown largely, both east and Yves
- At the coming session of Congrei
!; they intend to ask the passage OF
is bill, and they claim to have Congre
a sional influence enough to do it, NAL
. ing 1T penal offense for any railroa
= company who employ a telegraph OF
;. orator who directs the movements
y passenger trains who has not bee
- :. granted q license. Licenses will b
II issued by the government, the appl
cant being required to pass practices
l. examination, to produce evidence a
a to his moral character and habits, an
: to be of proper age.
The volcano of Akoutan, on tn
Island Akoutan, one of the Aleutial
: group, is in a state of eruption. Til
= natives on this island report that TIN
! eruption has been in operation almos
constantly since the middle of May
Land explosions occur every few mo
ments and large quantities of rock ar,
thrown up hundreds of feet into til,
AIR. AT night numbers of streams o
I molten lava could be seen coursin.
down the mountain sides, illuminating
the whole country round about. Earth
r quake shocks are OF frequent occur
ence on the island.